My dear readers,

This is your author, Rui Ting, (myunghyun4ever). It's been slightly more than 2 years since I joined AFF, and has been an output for me these 2 years, for me to write my thoughts, and express my creativity, and to share my stories with all my readers, amounting to over 2000 unique subscribers, something I had never expected at all!

For that I have to thank you ^^

I'm turning 19 this year, and I will be starting university, embarking on a whole new journey, and section of my life. Although, I would still appreciate this output that writing stories bring me, I must say that it is too tiring and emotionally taxing for me to continue writing anymore, at least for now. 

Many of you are readers in AFF, more so than writers, but I hope you can understand and relate to the amount of dedication that I, and any other writer here in AFF put in and the emotional turmoil we go through whenever we post a chapter, or start a story. It makes the whole writing process less enjoyable than desired and having to deal with rude messages in your inbox when you don't update, doesn't help the situation.

Many of my dedicated readers since LYBO or even before, from when I wrote another story, Can You Keep a Secret, know that I have mentioned on some accounts, quitting AFF as a writer, since I can't deal with the problems when I post a story or a chapter. No comments, no subscriptions, nothing, not even a thank you for taking out time from my personal life to write for you guys. It takes more than 3 hours to write a chapter, to proof-read and check it, and that doesn't even include the brainstorming for ideas. I try my best to come up with stories which you guys will enjoy, stories with topics which would interest you guys, stories that aren't too cliche, but yet nobody comments. 

I can understand that you guys are busy, but as compared to the short 10-30 seconds you guys spend on writing a comment about the story, and not just 'update soon', have you thought of the long time we spend as writers, typing up these stories?

Many writers that I love on AFF have gone through these problems as well, in addition to the plagiarism issues that haven't hit me as hard yet, but many writers have also taken down their stories, and one reason cited was this, the lack of support from the readers they have. 

Take LYBO for example, I have 1300+ readers, or around 800 when it completed, and yet whenever a chapter was posted, it receives 10 comments? I have 800-1000 of you guys subscribing, and only 10 can comment. Don't come whining and complaining that you guys are busy, or that you guys have nothing to say and are silent-readers. And, don't pester me whenever I private my story. I have reasons to do so, and I'll appreciate that you guys stop flooding my inbox and wall with requests. What makes you so special that I would let you read my story when no one else can? The laughing joke is that these are the people who never bothered with typing a simple thank you, or a short discussion on the story. 

So, I'll save you guys the trouble of having to comment or subscribe or to do anything at all.

I was thinking of taking the story down immediately, but felt that it was mean for those reading the stories halfway. So, I'll leave it here for a few hours, before locking it in either draft status, or friend's only. Whatever it is, I'm making my stories private.

I don't know when I'm coming back to AFF, maybe a few days, weeks, months, a year or more. But right now, I'm pissed. I know you guys probably won't bother reading this long message, thinking this annoying author is just whining away. But it's just too bad, I really can't see the point of me doing this anymore.

So, take this last few hours, finish reading the stories, or commenting or whatever the hell you want to do. Just for today, I'll allow text selection, should anyone can't read fast enough and want to save the chapters. But don't spread it. I trust you guys and don't break this last string of trust.

Till I come back, thank you for all this time, and I hope you can understand my decision. I'm not quitting AFF, my profile will still be here, I'm just taking a break, and choosing to read stories instead of writing them.

Love,

Rui Ting